"No." Mosca bit her lip and shook her head firmly. Books no longer seemed quite enough. I donâ€™t want a happy ending, I want more story."

-- Frances Hardinge

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“A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.”

Source : Ouida (2005). “Moths”, p.444, Broadview Press
“I want a Mini-Cooper because it's fuel efficient, emissions efficient and all that stuff. It's small and better for the environment. I think that will be my next car.”
“I think if you look back at all those great comedies on television in the past, it's all lovable losers that gathered together - 'Taxi' and 'Cheers,' 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends.'”
“I do not believe in doing for pleasure things I do not like to do.”
“I show up because Iâ€™m an asshole, and I want to have a good time.”
“In those days I was a slip of a thing with a divine figure and a face I was certain drove men wild. There is no doubt that I was the most conceited thing that ever lived. I simply adored Dagmar Godowsky and it was a passion that has withstood the test of time.”

Source : Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult
“We live in a consumer culture, and Black Friday is like the July 4th of that culture. It might be good not to live in this culture, but it terms of what we can do to make people safer at big sales, it seems more useful to try to avoid dangerous crowd conditions.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: John Seabrook on Crowds". live chat, www.newyorker.com. January 28, 2011.
“Not one person I know isn't concerned with their appearance. To trivialize fashion is to rob ourselves of a great tool.”

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